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Boston Marathon POSTER April 18, 1963

1983

ROBERT WEIL (American, b.1945). Poster-“London Brighton Jog…” August 10-11 Hyde Park. Plate signed. Measures 30 x 22 in. Unframed. Good Condition.

PETE PETERSON (American, 1931-2002). Poster-American Designed ltd, Washington, D.C. May 3-8, 1978. Measures 24.75 x 28 in. Unframed. Plate-signed. Fair Condition-shows signs of age a...

Nice tourist poster about the city of Boston. Boston is the capital and largest city of the state of Massachusetts and the New England region in the nor...

The extremely rare, complete collection of 28 artists original graphics, the first signed edition before the second poster edition of 4000, with varying edition numbers including Artist’s Proofs, from the total edition of 200, each hand signed and numbered or inscribed, 1969 - 1972, printed on varying papers, published by the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad and F. Bruckmann, Germany, with 2 additional screenprints of the Emblem by Victor Vasarely, 1972, signed from the edition of 200, on wove paper, each sheet, various measurements. (30 works) The 1972 Olympic Committee commissioned 28 international artists to each produce an original print for the Munich Games that year. The artists were given unprecedented freedom to explore their personal perspectives of the Olympic spirit using their own unique styles and methods. Departing from the traditional subject matter and style of past Olympic prints, the artists produced works which ranged from abstraction to realism, and from collage to op-art. The Committee specifically commissioned world-renowned artists to produce this series in order to destigmatise the idea that fine art should be reserved for private enjoyment. Instead, these posters demonstrated that art can exist comfortably in the public sphere, serving both as art and advertisement and echoing the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin...